CME ABMS Independent Commission Issues Report on MOC Process Thomas Sullivan Jan 22, 2019 0 On December 11, 2018, a 27-member independent commission put together by the American Board of Medical Specialties…
CMS Bipartisan Concern Simmers Over Transparency at CMMI Thomas Sullivan Jan 21, 2019 0 Recently, House Committee on Ways & Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) expressed concern…
CME Rockpointe Webcourse aims to help physicians and pharmacists improve the… Thomas Sullivan Jan 18, 2019 0 The opioid crisis in the United States continues to worsen with thousands dying each month, and those numbers predicted to…
FDA CDER Priorities for 2019 Thomas Sullivan Jan 18, 2019 0 Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) described…
Drug Prices The Trump Administration Has Had an Active Few Weeks in the Drug Pricing… Thomas Sullivan Jan 17, 2019 0 The Administration has been quite active recently in the drug pricing space. It has been a top story in the health policy world…
FDA FDA Considers 2018 Banner Year for Drug Development Thomas Sullivan Jan 16, 2019 0 For over two decades, 1996 has stood out as a successful year for drug approvals, with a whopping 53 approvals following a new…
FDA Merck Case Makes it to SCOTUS, Focuses on Who Has Final Say in Warning… Thomas Sullivan Jan 15, 2019 1 On January 7, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments about who has the final say in warnings…
CMS CMS Publishes Additional Guidance on Hospital Transparency Requirements Thomas Sullivan Jan 14, 2019 0 Many readers are likely aware that as of January 1, 2019, hospitals became required to make public all the standard charges for…
Compliance AdvaMed Approves Updated Code of Ethics Thomas Sullivan Jan 11, 2019 0 On January 9, 2019, the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) announced that its Board of Directors had approved an…
Pharmaceutical and Device Philly Gift Ban Stalled…Though Perhaps Only Temporarily Thomas Sullivan Jan 10, 2019 0 We have written several times about the physician “gift” ban that was proposed last year by Philadelphia City Councilman Bill…